номер 1, страница 36, часть 1 - гдз по английскому языку 8 класс учебник Афанасьева, Михеева

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Speaker one:

People in Great Britain, like everyone else, like sports and games. If you ask them what their favourite sports are, they will probably name football, cricket, and tennis. Though many of them play golf, rugby or hockey, or do athletics, rock climbing, mountaineering, horse riding or boating.

Speaker two:

Football first appeared in England. Nowadays, it is one of the most popular team games all over the world. People love football and plays in all parts of the United Kingdom. In England and Wales, in Scotland and Northern Ireland. They play it all year round. There are many football clubs in the UK.

Speaker three:

Cricket is another popular game in Britain. Sometimes people say it is typically English. They play cricket in schools, colleges and universities in most towns in Britain. Teams play weekly games from late April to the end of September. Cricket is a long game. It is a slow game too. Some cricket matches can last for five days.

Speaker four:

Boxing as a British sport is one of the oldest. But it had appeared long before it came to the British Isles. The first boxing matches took place in Greece. The Greek sportsmen didn't wear boxing gloves then, and it was a very dangerous sport. Boxing became quite fashionable in Britain in the eighteenth century.